NSI playWRITE Application Phase Ends

28 Apr. 2008

NSI playWRITE Application Phase Ends

Posted by Nis under General |

Although it’s the not ‘game over’ by any means, today officially marks the end of NSI playWRITE’s application phase. We would like to thank all applicants to the program and all those members of the community who contributed their valuable commentary to the pitch creators!

We now find ourselves at the jury deliberation portion of the NSI playWRITE process during which studio representatives will spend the next week evaluating and ruminating over your finely tuned applications and personal pitches.

We look forward to announcing the winners by May 7th, 2008!

Speaking of the winners–what’s left to do if you weren’t one of the chosen few?

Although an unsuccessful application may be gut-wrenchingly disappointing, we still need you!

We will be turning to you–the community–to help shape the NSI playWRITE training event in terms of exercise ideas, thoughts on curriculum, mandatory ‘playLISTS’ for NSI playWRITE candidates and more. Even though you might be on the outside looking in, you can have a hand in shaping the experience for all those candidates who make it into the NSI playWRITE program–not to mention future generations of the training program itself.

So win or lose, remember to keep dialed into the Zeros 2 Heroes blogosphere where you can continue to make your voice heard. The game might be over for some, but now is the time to keeping playing.

Comments (5)

The FAQ had said selections would be made by May 1. This has changed?

Comment by Logan | April 30th, 2008 @ 11:05 am
I also thought it was May 1. Has the number of submissions exceeded your expectations? Or are we all just too wordy?

Comment by Kitsuneko | May 1st, 2008 @ 7:24 am
I believe that was a typo in the FAQ. Everywhere else I’ve looked says May 7th.

Comment by SheaKoshan | May 2nd, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
The synchronization of all jury participants is sort of what’s pushed this date back unfortunately, but indeed, May 7th is the day. Different studios in different time zones or different schedules.

Comment by Nis | May 5th, 2008 @ 1:14 pm
Thanks for the answer. A cross-country judging process sounds exciting!

Comment by Kitsuneko | May 6th, 2008 @ 6:11 am

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